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20 TIIiE OMAIIA DAITjY BEE: SODAT, JUXE 17, 1900. JL Synopnl of I'rri'dliiK C'hntitrra. Flvo yenrs before the outbreak of the civil war lovo nf adventure, hatred of slavery and the deslro o help my friend, Oeorgo Wesner. led me, rharles Bradley, a civil engineer of Attakupns county, I,oulsl iinii, to become nn nuent of thu under Kround railroad. Wesner had been nursed inrougn inn nmaup'-x uy u yountr sinve. T .11 V Iw.tnt, irlti , t r ft,,, ffiinpliti til ti tl t n I Inn. ' lie discovered facts which proved that T m. ..... ...f ... ..,.,..1 fnrttft, A secret love match followed which pro- troupd well until Coverley proposed to scll j.ucy to his son and refined to cell her to liny onn e se. Wesner became desperate. I ncieod to heln him steal Itiev and went to Now York to arrange with the ntl- I slavery society for the rare of any slaves wo could bring north We arrange j our end of tin- underground railway and ostablNh a refuce at my wood yard several miles up the river. At homo wo divert suspicion by carrying on a general mcr. handlse buslm-;. Wesner makes tho llrst venture and starts with ten of Cov et ly's slaves. Including Lucy. Ho takes them through successfully, delivers them to the agent In New York nnd places I.uey In school In Andover. In tho second venture- we encounter more adventure, but finally succeed In whipping seventy-three slave. i north by sea along with a cargo of cotton. The following spring wo rollect another lot nt the rendezvous, and Wesner takes them north to Cairo over the old loutc. I.ucy Is recognized by a south erner In Hoston and Is betrayed. Mean time, Pierce, a friend of Wcsncr's, hear of tho warrant for Lucy's arrest, and he start out to wnu her. I'leree and Lucy arc overtaken, and the sheriff, Gregg, stir s back to Louisiana with Lucy by tral . Pierre telegraphs the agents at Col i. Wesner Is there, nnd, aided by thi fromwells. he boards the train at a Ma' 'ti a few miles north nnd rescues Lucy. Wr cr puts Lucy among friends and then Mai h back to Attakapas. On the steamer hit discovers two slave stealers, and later rescues a band of their victim. Ho takes tho slaves to Canada. Meantime, I send right slaves north by the old route. I go to Shrevcport to do somo surveying anil delectlvo work. Wesner comes to seo ni and barely escapes detection by tho sheriff, Gregg. (Copyright, lfWO, by S. S. McClure Co.) CIIAI'TKIt XXVIII. Tho John Little lay at tho landing, loaded nnd bound down. Wesner engaged bis stateroom and kept It until tho boat left, ami ho was Hiiro Orcgg was not on board. Hu had no objections to meeting Gregg, but not In Shrevcport at that time, and In tho dlsgulso ho then wore, as It was too familiar and might create unpleasaut recol lections, Gregg's being there could have but ono M)lmlon: Ho and Ileatham weio loothor In ftmu plot, whether Gregg's or Heatham's 1 could not divine. Gregg's abilities ns a detective I did not fear. Hcatham wns simply a shrewd county sheriff. I was thoroughly disguised, but concluded that I must bo thero a wook, perhaps more, beforo I would bo able to find any clew to their plans. Agcln, I was a stranger, and not likely o gain their confidence. I had previously received a letter from a gentleman living somo miles back from fihrevoport, asking mo to conio at tho fltst opportunity and survey a lot of timber land, ownad by himself and others. 1 had returned no answer, an I was otherwise engaged. This, howovor, was tho opportuna chance. I Immediately hurried to the steamboat landing, and, with nearly as much celerity bb Wesner, boarded tho boat, bought my ticket and secured u stateroom. Travel was very light at this season. The boat was not advertised to leave until r o'clock, and I kept watch of tho shore, thinking Gregg might bo on his way to Now Orleans and wo should havo the pleas ure of his company, hut ho did not make hla appearance, Wesner did, however, be foro tho boat was a dozen lengths from tho shore. 1 explained to him my Idea and ho readily fell In with It. At Now Orleans I wiot to Mr. Hlchardson that I would to ready to survey his land as soon an I could get my Instruments from home. Thote WeMior agreed to send to the hotel at La fayette. I had stopped one night at tho St. Charles on my return with Wosner, as 1 had left my trunk and sample In my room, ngrcelng to pay for my room rent wbllo ahtcut. f changed my clothes, removed my iHpgulfo, and appeared upon the street ns Charles J. Hrndley. and. going directly to Lafayette, I booked my name at the hotel there. My Instruments arrived, nnd with them n letter from Wesner. Tho letter was nbout sonic other business and contained no allusion to the U. G. R. It. Its tone I did not like. Thero was a big blot of Ink on tho upper corner of ono sheet. It was never thero by accident. George Wesner did lint blot his papers. An odd phrase, also, alluding to It. gavo inn uneasiness. "There Is a big blot on this sheet. I havo tried to emtio It, but, ns you will notice, with only jiartlal success." Ho had scraped a little off ono. corner. .After this carao his signature. Tho ovonlng after my Instruments arrived T wns on my way to Shrevcport. Arriving there, I found at least two weeks' work, and wrote to Wesner to that effect. I had no chalnman with mo, and It was necessary to lilro two. Ono, at least, mimt be a man who could rad and write. I also wanted a ccuplo of nxmen. I determined to have my friend, Heatham's, assistance! lu this. Ac cordingly I watched for him. 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His principal sources Wesner wrote to I'lerco an explanation of of reading matter were the various circus I tho f0ntemplated coup do main, nnd re and menagerie posters, with which the south quested him to watch for tho pair, descrlb- was always iiooacu. no couw repeal irom memory tho names of all tho famous acrobats, enormous elephants, wonderful bareback riders, beautiful women and funny clowns which had been exhibited In the stato for tho Iasl flv ycarg ne.ltham Informed . .. ,.,,,,,, ,. . , ,.,,.. mo thnt h's only fault wan chasing circuses nnd to look out for him if one came nlong, as j ho was sure to follow. He once tagged after , l'ntlnnd'n emit nlimv for flflv mllivt J0 1 Pnu"n l 8 RrciU B,low IO " nil has. I now flattered myself that I had the straight road to Hcatham' confidence, nnd as he lived only about a mile from Richard son's I spent nil my spare tlmo with him. Kvenlngs, after I had corrected my fleld notes, I would ride over to his place. Alec, tho mulatto boy, would sometimes accom pany me. Heatbatn wns rather patient than otherwise, nnd Alec Informed nie that ho was right down good to him. 1 know well enough that Ileatham must talk sooner or later, and asked no questions myself. Tho second night I was there wo wero on tho veranda smoking. An old shlnglo horse somo ono had brought out for a horso block, stood near. Ileatham sat astride that, pull ing away at n corncob nine, his favorite smoke. .Mine was tho cheroot of those dajs, varied with nn occasional pull nt a T. D. Tho mosnultos wero buncrv. Hentham smoked and slapped, slapped nnd smoked alternately, varying both actions lu Intensity ns tho mosquitos advanced or retreated. "Much acquainted "round Tucapaw, Mr, Bradley?" ho Inquired. "Yee," I answered. "How long been there?" I told him. "Know old Eb Coverly?" "Yes, sure." "You heard nbout tho niggers?" "I ought to. I was at the first hunt." I replied. "They started from our store Wesner & Drndley's." "Sho now, I remember, so they did. I had forgotten that. Didn't Wesner havo a row with the old man nbout a yaller clrl of hls'n?" "I don't know nbout thnt," I replied. "George Is pretty close-mouthed." Hero Alec, who hod been standing near. grinned. Ileatham saw the grin. "Hero, you tl d nigger, you scoot out of this, or I'll make you think Jim Myers and Jo I'cnt land's shows are both on top nt once." Here ho let go at Alec a half-pound plug of tobacco ho had In his hand. Alec scooted, taking tho tobacco with him. "He's got tho tobacco." I laughed out. "Never mind," said Ileatham. "he will keep nway, and bo a pretty good nlggir whllo the tobacco lasts. Hut about thoo niggers of Coverly's. Where do you min- poso the d d critters went?" "I couldn't tell you, Mr. Ileatham," I re plied. "I was there In tho hunt. Wo found no traco whero they entered tho Bwanip, nn. of course, they must, for there was no other way for them to hide." "No," said Hcatham. "thero wasn't: that's plain." "I wan there, also, when the othors ran off and went with old 'Skew HHP and all tho hoys, hut with tho same result. We could not find a trace of them. Wesner nnd myself, wero on pafrol for a week, but saw no one. ICvory road around that neighbor hood was watched results the same. Wes ner always Minpocled a Yankee brig, that lay at Franklin. However, I wns at New- York when sho reported nnd, in company with tne Lacrnlx boys, boarded her. Thero was nothing but sugar and cotton on her no niggers." "I am Kind," said Ileatham, "at last to sec ono man from' that cursed French ho'o who doesn't lay tho loss to tho Oboe man. I Where do you think thoy did go?" "Well," I replied, "It seems plausible to me thnt they wero stolon and run off to 1 Texas nnd sold thero. You know the thing i uas been none." "Yes: Jack Davis, a Florida char. I knew I used to steal nlccers in Georcla nmi h-1i 1 them In Florida, anil did a good thing at it. Sposo ho would ha" been at it now If ono nigger ho stole four times hadn't got footsore walking back and forth from Talla- ! hnsseo to MillcdgcvHIo, so ho Just took 1 what Jack gavo him as his share, bought himself nnd two other niggers and then I gavo Jack away. Ho told h's old master ho thought Jack was a dangerous fellow to bed of tho brook and securely hid. havo around stealing folks' niggers. l?o- ) Something after 12 o'clock, everything bo pio round Tallahassee thought tho ilaikles' ling safe, Wesner left mo to fight mosquitoes mnsters wero in with Jack. Howsuninvnr, ' until daylight and I could seo to travel. I I didn't know all I do know Is that when don't think I over endured so much mls.ry the rcgerlaters got to Jack's house he had fiom these pests as I did that night. Tho gnno to Texas two weeks. They burned hl3 torturo was awful and nearly drove mo houso nnd licked his wife out of Bpl:e. Jack frantic. I built n smudge, but the smoke enmo back n couplo of years later and got from It only served to nervo them to fiercer hli wife. Shot two of tho rcgerlaters at tio attacks and more daring assaults. Their same time. Got a crack nt me, too I was ' 8tlngs wero like needles and their buzzing one of them and," ho continued, "I reckon ! was liko tho walls ot the dying, there Is whlto men at tho bottom of Uils ! j welcomed tho first crack of day and .n business. Now, Mr. Hradlcy, I know Just ' Bonn t COuld tell a stick from a snnke, whero that yaller girl of Coverly's Is. Dau't Bl!Uicd up the brook, a bottlo of qulnltio In know nbout the rest of them. Did you over , lny p0ckot and a Jug ot whisky slung over seo her?" he asked. j my Bholllller. Tho mud In the bed of the I replied that I had some years ago. brook was ankle de-p nnd I had to leave "Well, I seen a man within a wee'- that j that and hew my way through the thicket Bat light on tho car seat sldo of that "ere to tho higher ground. Tho placo was H er girl, and ho said she was ed'eated like a aHy nllvo with snakes and cvoiy other Yankeo schoolmarm, wns bnusom' as nnv'pIlcci0H 0f vermlno and Insect life Indlgon woman he ever saw, nnd no man not posted : oug to a Louisiana swamp. I was too fjr would ever know she wns a nigger." . from the bayOU for alligators, but tho fro-3 Why don t you tell Coverly?" ,,.i..,.,i ,.n ,,im n,.,i nKitP,i iim mo. irn..n..i.. i.... i. .... , ... .... , lu.viijr nuunn, u ,ifl mm inai sent tills man thrrn. "Sent him where?" I nsked. dark, rnveriv must Wotni, i.i, i ' ' gers. Tho man wns Silo Gregg, deputy wlth 41,0 sllnKS of flles aml "I0HTlto?s I'nltod States marshal, and ho ftols awful 01,0,1 wns H"tlng disconsolate out-1 o the sore over It. Coverly got out a warrant ,,onr- lui rll, In' acro33 llls les. He when he heard whero the girl wns, and sent lian heard mo thrashing around nmong tho flregg clean up to Massachusetts to arrest hushes thirty minutes beforo I camo lu her. After ho got her arrested she wns stolo MKht, but thought It was ono of us. ns tho from him within fifty miles of Cairo, , noise camo straight toward the cabin. Illinois. I tell you, Silo pretty bluo; j Insldo tho cabin the sight was pitiful, didn't mako a cent out of tho trip." Mason lay In hli berth, his features Hero ho proceeded to glvo mo Orogg'b I nhrunkon with fever and his big black eyes, account -of Lucy's rescue. Gregg laid tho enlarged to twico their bIzc, ehono with un rescuo Pierce, nnd had no iden who the natural light. Ilo knew mo nnd smiled In rescuing party really wero. Ho was cnur recognition, endeavoring to stretch out his on Shaughnessy, who he thought had failed 1 hand. I mixed somo quinine nnd whisky him, but allowed that tho rescuing party ami K!,Vo him a ownllnw. The rest of tho wero tho smarttwt set nf men ho ever met. glnk oncs wntehed my motions, following mo Lucy, onco safe In Orleans. In Gregg's wm, their corpse-like eyes an I moved around Judgment, would sell for $5,000. Ho could tm. room. To mo. accustomed as I was to buy off Coverly for $1500, and was quite aicknees among the negroes and mulnttoc. determined to recapture her on his ownltho b1ri, o( ,ioath nppcarod to bo written account, and hay ng confidence In Heatham's upon tholr cadaverous features nnd In their skill as a detoctlvo and negro hunter. wa h'n,low 8llukcn oytH. Tlu, ,itto. ns a (.'micutuuuK i.. ui.iuce mm 10 taiio a elmro In tho enterprise. Ileatham wroto Kntwlsslo ,v v.ii-hKo ii-ijinTu. ji Bvtiiieii mat uresg !!!:1H!:,t"'"h,!.C,:1 .T"..'!!!!, """I6 m.COn- nectlon with tho Underground railroad. "How did sho get to Massachusetts, Mr. Hcatham?" I Inquired. "My opinion Is," ho replied, "that girl and tho rest of them niggers was taken rignt up tne 'lecbe, carried across to tho Mississippi and somo onery steamboat capon wns paid for stowing 'cm nway and ' landing 'cm In Cincinnati In tho night." "I know," I replied, "how thoroughly the country wns searched for them." Gregg assured Ileatham that he would know tho volco of the man who carried Lucy oul of the car should ho evr hear blm again, and he alio added be wai a dead shot wtth tho pistol and could have killed him as easily as broken his arm. It was evident from all this that Ileatham did not know of tho Whlto river fight, or, If ho did, hu had paid no attention to It. Gregg had secured from Dick Coverley a con ditional bill of sale of Lucy for $1,000, and his Idea was that with Heatham's help they could kidnap and take her to New Orleans. Ileatham mado no secret of the matter, as ho knew I was a neighbor of Coverley's and would naturally be Interested In tho recovery of his property. That night I wrote a detailed account of tho Intention to Wesner, as It was no eocret, or In any way Implicated him. I also added f0r his satisfaction that Mr. Ileatham said nK nentham as well as possible, dregg's personality being nlrcady familiar to him. lie did not think their plan would materialize. I'lerco was not so confident, and not wishing to duplicate his former ex perience, sent Lucy to Portland, Me. I finished up my surveying, settled up with Mr. Richardson, took leave of Ileatham and the rest of my Shrevcport acquaintances. Poor Alec was down-hearted nnd promised to wrlto to mo all tho news, hut of courso It was Impossible for mo to reply to bin letters, Ileatham accompanied mo to tho steam boat. On tho way he remarked that ho had nbout mado up his mind to havo nothing to do with Gregg's attempt to recapturo Lucy, unless Gregg would pay all tho bills, for ho thought there was mors risk than money. I strongly advised him not to at tempt anything of tho kind, ns thero was a feeling lu tho north against returning fugitives, especially such a woman as Lucy was reported to be, nnd It caught with her In their possession tho people would cither mob or kill them, or they would bo arrested and sent to Jail and ns Orcgg had escaped alive once, ho had better rest satisfied. OIAI'TKII XXIX. On my arrival at New Iberia George met me at thn landing. Ho looked sick, tired and discouraged. Thero wero fourteen persons at tho rendezvous. Obed and Mason had picked thcHo up in different places, none, howovor, within a radius of forty miles of us. Somo of these had been secreted four months. Fever had broken out nmong them; Mason had been down, Obcd not much better, and they had nearly starved, a thero was no ono except Obcd to go for food, and he was qulto weak. It was now well Into August, the baynu wero low and the weather intensely hot. "Charlie," ho snid, "this Is my last ven ture. Wo must get thcto poor devils out of this, with 1 fiol ns if I had lived all this tlmn i rnpo around my nrck. Lucy, poor girl, in lonowinio and. anxious. I am not going to sell out here, for I lovo this coun- try too wojl. I will go north, marry Lucy and await better days. Charlie, they havo got to come, moon win unuouDtetiiy now, hut tho end Is near.' This was In August, 1SS3. Tho next night wo took our canoo and paddled up tho bayou a short distance to tho mouth of a littlo brook, dry nt thli season. We had with ua about 1!00 pounds of provisions, consisting mostly of ship bread and dried meats. In addition, wo tcok a few gallons of whisky and 100 loaion-. Thio Wesner and myself carried up to tho 'ui-iiuhi m. ...r..- - . qultoes in their Infernal concert. It was nbout seven miles from where I ' left tho brook to our rendezvous. At noon I arrived, tired, footsore, covered nnd smnrt- ,,,, u nnt V(r,, h,lrilv. nnA these were no exceptions. Tho pretence of a white man, i,.,. ...i.i .. ,.i,i i,.,i ii,,.,,, n,,, ihnn ,nn.n cine. a', through their wasted lives thoy had had no other resource lu case of trouble than massa or mlRsua. Tho next day. accompanied by Obcd, I re turned to the "cache." Wo took along four of tho 8tiongent fugitives nnd I loaded them with all tho Btnrcw they could carry, and tnkff a small loud myBoir wo rciurneu to I camP- TUo ,my was Dm . an" l.no ,Jufnt, r 'Ugh, but we arrived with our loads about dark. Wo now hud supplies uulllclent ftr three weeks, and by tho end of that tlmo I told them I hoped they would all bo Btrong enough to move toward tho north, The next afternoon I returned to tho place I whero Wesner had left mo nnd found him waiting for mo with the canoe. CII.U'THlY XXX. At tho postollleo 1 found a letter from Ileatham, written In his peculiar stylo of orthography, Incidentally Informing mo of tho death of my stepfather, Robert Kirk land, and containing a long account of tho Whlto river fight. To us this was convincing proof that thero was no clow, however re mote, connecting any person In our vicinity with tho raid, and agnln It ns conclusively proved that tho routo must be abandoned for tho future Where should wo go? Wo must leave tho swamp, must get tho3o peo ple north, for should ono of them be found hero thero would bo redhot times In the Techo country. Upon this subject we pondered long and deeply. If the poor unfortunates now In the swamp wero back upon tho plantations all Would bo well. Hut they wero not. They were sick, unable to travel and on our hands. Wo felt responsible for their Uvea, and wo clearly understood If their masters found them nnd caught us our responsibility would end with a short shrift and a long rope, nnd they would suffer untold horrors. ! Wo had three alternatives: To let Obcd and Mason tnlto the chances of getting them ; through to Cairo, to undcrtnke n new routo ' and go ourselves or to go with them by tho old routo cither was fraught with danger. It wni not probable that there would bo water enough In the swamps to float a boat for thrco months, nnd It was Impotwlblo for tho fugltlvc to remain whero they wore for that length of time. At last Wesner suggested writing to Ent wlssle 'to Inquire If thero were any chance to ship by wot or, aa thero were a number of places around Vormllllon bay, and even on tho Atchafalaya, whero we thought we could TOOK THE LETTER. "DEAR SIR, I WILL GIVE YOU get through safely, provided thero was a vessel to receive ua Immediately upon ar rival. AVesncr mailed the letter at Now OrlcaiiB, going there for 'that purpoeo. It was ten days beforo he received An answer. There waH no vessel to bo relied upon at present. There was a Hhlpbulldlng concern In Eust Doston that during the previous winter had a crow somewhere on tho Sabine liver, cut ting timber for a vessel frame. He had telegraphed to these parties and tho an swer was: "Timber not Hhlpped. but will bo as soon no a vessel can be chartered." Not satisfied with this, Entwissle had written that ho would visit Doston and neo what arrangements could Ikj made and would wrlto uh Immediately from there. Wesner, who had perfect confidence In Ent. wlssle, was content to wait. Two days later tho looked-for letter, postmarked Hoston, ar rived. Tho framo was for Philadelphia par ties nnd must bo delivered 'there. At pres ent It was piled out on the bank nt the mouth of a small creek making Into the Sablno near tho town of Orange, Tex., on the Louisiana side of tho Sablno. He could mako very liberal arrangements with tho Hoston parties, as they wero much pleased to get a littlo freight money to help them out. There wero about GjO tons of the timber. Ho could mako arrangements for any number of lay days, at a demur rage of only $1," per day. after tho fltfit twenty days allowed to load, and ho sug gested to Wesner to visit tho place and soo for himself what tho chances wero for car rylng tho plan to a successful termination. Wesner telegraphed him that ho would go. While ho was absent I mado a visit to tho rendezvous, taking In more provisions. All the sick wero recovering and, host of all, with returning health, woro growing hopo ful. This was a good omen. Tho day after Wesner returned wo mounted our horses and sot out for the Sa blno to explore a feasible route. The great difllculty would bo taking our people fifty miles, perhaps seventy, without being dis covered. A part of our Journey must be through tho swamp and forest, nnd by nlghr. Southwest was tho grand pralrlo; this wo wouldu be obliged to cross, but as our course lay toward Texas nnd thero was nnt ono chanco In a hundred of any of tho party be ing known, wt did not consider this a very serious obstacle. Somo tlmo was consumed In finding a suitable route for tho fl'st twenty-five miles, but finally wo succeeded In locating the road to our satisfaction. Wo cariiy found tho Bhlp timber. Tho trees nlong tho liver banks had been cut down and nuito a cleaiinc made. This was to let lu tho sunlight that it might dry tho tlm- i her, as oak In its green stato will sink to the bottom. In tho woods and at the edga of tho clearing stood tho camp occupied by the timber cutters during tho previous win ter. Hero wo passed tho night. Thero was a dimly defined path loading i from the enmp nway from tho river. This wo supposed must lead to somo plantation or settlement. It wns very narrow, as U had not been traveled for months. Wo did not exploro It. About soven miles below tho clearing and one-half mllo from tho rhor bank wo located our camp for the no groos. It was on a solitary hummock nbout nn ncro In extent, surrounded by at least a foot of water nnd mud, In tho midst of tho worBt tangled swamp man over saw. Torn from tho mnlht, soft soil by the winds sweeping fiom the gulf of Mexico lay great oaks and tall cypress trees, mingled In wild confusion. Out among their rotting trunks tho water mocassin glided lu disgust ing security, tho rank September growth of tho Benii-troplcal weeds hiding his loath somo body. Plcturo this place surrounded by nn almost Impenetrable cane brake, Its bayous and brooks tho abode of tho alligator and grcmiulllo. and It will glvo a faint Idea of our cump upon tho Sabine, Into whose gloomy recesses no ray of sunshine over ponetrated. It was securo from man's foot steps uo cared for nothing else. We wero nineteen days upon this expedi tion, from tho tlmo wo left until our return. Our llrst movo wns to take a lot of provisions to tho rendezvous. Wo found tho fugitives as wo loft them anxious, hut hopeful for tho sick had recovered and wero ready to move, Wesner wroto tho result of our expedition to Kntwlsslo nnd awaited nn answer. rn tp'i'iiii x.vxi. I bad long entertnlned nn Idea regarding Lucy and whllo upon our Sablno expedition I broached the subje"t to Wesner. Coverly was uld, the loss of his slaves bad left him poor. Dick had probably paid him no money for Lucy, but had given his note. "Now," said I to George, "why not write Pierce to mako tho old man an offer for the girl? He will sell. Ho never can get her ngaln and he knows It. Ono thousand or $1,500 will bo of more valuu to him than tho ownership of a slavo In Massachusetts. Ho has spent enough for her already. Ho offered her to Gregg for $1,500 nnd will sell to liorcc for lew. Will you do It?" "Charlie, I can't bear the idea of applying tho words buy or sell to her. Once I could. You should seo her now. "Shall I write to him?" Ilo hesltnted a moment. "No, I will. If sho le once clear of thnt hunted feeling, sho will bo happier. I will wrlto as soon ns we get back." Somo two weeks after this I was In Franklin. Aa I was riding slowly along, I saw tho old man, Covorly, ride up to tho ofllco of tho only lawyer In tho placo, dis mount, pass tho bight of his bridle through tho holes In tho hitching post, drop tho loop over tho top and walk Into tho ofuce. Tho day was exceedingly warm and tho old man dropped Into a chair by the open window, and commenced to fan himself vigorously with his hat. Ho caught night of mo and called to mo to como In. I had had no trouble with hint, and rather courted nn Interview, so I fastened my horso and complied with his-request. Covcrloy, knowing I had been north, and hnvlng an Idea that Massachusetts and Ohio woro all tho territory north of tho Ohio rlvor, asked mo It I wero acquainted In Massachusetts. I told him thnt I was not, nnd nevor had been there. Ho then volun teered the Information that he had received a letter from mere, onenng jnm ?i,zou for that girl of his, that run off. "Mr. Sclwyn $1,200 FOR THE GAL." has tho letter," said ho. "Sclwyn, lot Mr. Hradley see that letter!" I took the letter, nnd hero is a copy ver batimevidently, to me, who know I'lerco, It was strained In spelling nnd syntax. HOSTON, Mass,, Sept. 11. ISofl. Dear Sir I am not a nigger speckclater. never was nnd nm nn aborlishloner, but there Is a poorly sort of a gal here, that says you have a bill o' sale of her. I know an' you orter, that you can't never get thet gal agen' eny more. I am the feller that was with hor when she was stole by the marshal an' I am tho chap as stole her back. Sho is In Kanada or Malno or some whero now. Seo here, I will give you 12 hundred dolors for this gal, you put a bll of sail for the gal, slned by yoo an' your Hon Dick all O. K. In tho bank of New Orleans. I will sen tho money to tho casheer. You'll bo Just so much In, for tho gal Is gone from yoo forever an' you'll never seo her, sell or no sell. P. S. -Krco papers Just as good. No foolln' I've got tho property an' yoo can't plav no pints. LEWIS PIERCE, Direct as above. I finished and looked tip. "Well, Hradley, what do you think of that?" "I think If this man Pierce Is fool enough lo pay you for what Is evidently already his, you had better take It." "My opinion coincides with yours," Scl wyn added. Coverley was old and obstinate. He took tho letter from my hands and put it In h's pocket nnd sat awhllo revolving tho matter In his mind. Finally, he said to Sclwyn: "Wrlto this Pierce, tell him $1,500 will tako her. I lint a to, like Ss I. but all I want Is tho money. Tell him to deposit It In tho hank of New Orleans, paynblo lo my order, when tho cashlor receives tho papers. You make out a set of free papers, for I would sooner set her freo than sell her to an Infernal Y'anTieo nbolltlon'st." Sclwyn mado his memorandum as Cov erley directed. rilAI'TKIl X.VMI. When I naw Wesner ngaln he handed mo a letter from Kntwlsslo. I append copy: NKW YORK, Sept. 0, IS.'it). Ceorno Wesner, Kffi.: Hear Sir: In relation to tho shipment of nhlp tlmher now lylnK upon thn banks of tho Sablno river, you are hereby Informed thnt I was mistaken re RardlnR It. I nm fully Informed by tho owner In noston that tho Sablno Is not navlfinblo for vcbscIh largo enntiKh for the cargo, but only for smnll craft. There Is but from ten to thirteen feet of water upon tho bar nt tho mouth of tho river, and this timber must bo floated down nnd shipped irum Sablno pass, ami the vessel must Ho off that place. Tho vessel we had In vlow was of too deep a draft, and wo havo consequently chartered tho brig Cyrus Adams. Tho captain fully understands tho business nnd will tnlte his crow nnd como prepared to raft the timber nnd Moat It down to tho brig. Plcaso wrlto mo and govern yourself accordingly. Yours truly. U.NTWISSI.B. T. S. Tho brig Is loading machinery for Onlvestnn and will call for the- timber on Its return. Will lot you know when It sails from here. S. R. Wesner was a bit discouraged upon receipt of this, as It would tako until well Into November to get theso people off our hnnds nnd wo must get them away from tho rendezvous before tho swamps filled on ac count of tho Calcasieu river, which wo wero obliged to ford. Thero wero other creeks, bayous and coolies, also, between that river and tho Sabine. This expedition was vastly different from our usual routo, as thero wo wanted water; here, dry land. I went to Now Orleans, nnd from thero tolegraphed Rntwltslo that wo must loavo within ten dnys, If wo used that routo, and lo -wrlto mo full particulars so thero could bo no mistake. I would wait In New Orleans until tho letter nrrlved. In a few days I received an answer to my telegram. Mr. Rntwlssle wroto that tho brig would tako a -lot of machinery to Galveston, nnd would leave Now York In about a wook from tho dato of his letter. To discharge Its cargo It must remain a week or ten days In Galveston, and It might ho expected to arrive At Sabine pa?s In nbout forty or fifty days from Its sailing date. Tho captain was a Jerseyman by the name of Hoynold Cheawlck, nnd was thoroughly reliable. Ills Instructions wero to remain at Sablno pass until he had opened com muntcatlon with us. We woro further In Htructed to remain at the timber camp and natch the rlvor, In the letter was a piece at"OtcC' -'' -at" c' c"0' I ! 1 if if 1 Make Lazy Liver Lively You know very well how you feci when your liver don't act. IHlc collects In the blood, bowels become constipated and your whole Hvstcm is poisoned. A lazy liver is an Invitation for a thousand pains and aches to come and dwell with you. Your life becomes one lonp measure of irritability and despondency and bad feeling. Afm CANDY Act directly, and in a peculiarly happy manner on the liver and bowels, cleansing, purifying, revitalizing every portion of the liver, driving all the bile from the blood, as is soon shown by in creased appetite for food, power to digest it, and strength to throw off the waste. Beware of imitationsl 10c, 25c. All druggists. Best for the I Shun a How much would it cost yon lo replnrc your books nnd pnpors If the shell of it building In which your ofllco Is should burn tonight' How much Inconvenience nnd annoyance would It cost you? Isn't It worth while to know that lire cannot reach you? An ollice In The Bee Building Is the host insurance policy. The entire llfth floor will bp vacated by the Army Headquarters and this Is an opixirtunlty which you do not often get. AVe havo rooms from ten dollars per month up. R. C. Peters & Co., Rental Agents, Ground Floor, THE BEE BUILDING 19,846 MEN Startling Record Dluotvei Stricture tike snow beneath the sun, reduces RNl.AROIJI) PROSTATE, contracts and strengthens tho Seminal Ducts, forever stopping Drains and Emissions No Drugs to Ruin the Stomach, but a Direct, Local S-9 n A ik. T tt V t rrMT J tk rVcal 1 1 V kH rl I VJIVt 'I JKJ B4 J tUr, Honitfr at I'.nturv. a trie Monnrr or n. i-ninrj. ail coaipetltort and aeenred exclul control on tlm ' orv Tho great ,1 irr.n HKIT, Hill If hood. Under 1 ill.tolred and Showing Stricture Granules dittohed on the etglilh ntght. la the form of Crayoni or renelli. amooth and (legible, Shon-ine Ike dtameler eif the Sl.Jumet Crayoni, ARK PRRi'AREI) IN VARIOUS lE.GTHSTO let ted into the urethral canal upon retiring at nlgAl, r "11 Md ...r-.- r-' Wo have prepared a TaluaMe work, profutely lllottrated, ahnwtng tho rarlout parti of the ayatem Involved In Drathral dlteatet, which we will tend tecnrely wrapped In plain package, prepaid, to any applicant Every infferer from Ptrlctnre and Hi orTtprlng Troatatltla and Seminal Weakneai, ahould ra4 thla vaaderful work. We preserve abtoluta tecrecy and never axpoaa a patient t name, St. James Association, 62 Vine St., Cincinnati, 0. of morocco leather nbout two Inches long by ono and a half wide, with edges notched. Captain Chrsulck had tho other piece, and, ns Mr. Kntwlpsle wroto, It must be his letter of Introduction. Thla precaution wns as much for the captain's protection as ours, for If by nny unforeseen accident wo wero captured or our plans ascertained, strangers could not personnto olthor party, unlets they produced tho counterpart of the piece of leather. Thero was no further news from Tierce. His letters to us nil came by way of New York, as wt hnd business correspondents there, hut Hoston letters would be strictly scrutinized In our postollleo, for, viewed with Attakapas eyes, Hoston wns a modorn edition of undent Sodom and Oomorrah, without een tho ono righteous porson to redeem tho lot. Wesner was very nnxlotis to learn tho re sults of I'lerco's negotiations beforo leav ing, and so wnlted n fow days, but no letters nrrivlng, I went to Krnnklln to seo If I could nscertnln the reason why. I met Solwyn on tho street and ho volunteered tho Information. Coverley was sick with the prevalent fever nnd could nnt nltend to business. I'lerco had accepted his terms, and "If tho old fool don't bnck out," said Sclwyn, "ho Is In Just Jl.&OO." When Wesner heard this ho concluded that It was useless to wait longer, as tho negroes would bo as safe on the Sablno ns nn tho Techo. Thero wero provisions at tho rendezvous sufficient for ten days. At daylWht on October tl wo brcko camp enrouto for tho Sablno, i.nd prepared to tako what luck was in store for is. Kor tho llrst ten miles our routo led through a dense swamp. This we could hive avoided, but purposely kept It for rafotv. ThU swamp wo had not explored, but caleuht-d,, upon general principles, that It would bo pareablo If wo had daylight to help nt. Wesner was to meet us at 8 p. m. that night. Tho place se'.ectcd wns a Btnall holt of timber about fifteen miles from our starting point. Ho was to bring a coup'o of saddlo horses nnd also a pack horH?, a nulo and somo other articles, Theso ho had previously deposited near tho timber. In leaving tho camp I t ok tho lead, O' ed following. Thoro wero no landmarks, and through tho gloom no ray of sun ever pone, tratod. It was a dismal start, and nothing but an exalted faith In our undertaking kept our flagging spirits to tho work. Obcd carried a small nx. and was frequently obliged to uso it lo cut awny tho tangled roats nnd vines to onablo tho women anil children to force their parsago through. Thero was very littlo water to Incommode um, but tho heat wuh Intonsi'. Tho cl so tangled wco.ln foimed a barrier to tho rlr dilation nf air, and tho hunting sun, nh.nlng upon tho trees, sent tho moisture from them In clouds of steam. Tho ncgroca, after too first tulle, panted ' cc"Cc - (' x t ! ! t CATHARTIC ! A k Bowels 41S Firetrap. STRICTURED, Weak, Wasting, Despondent CURED LAST YEAR. of "Gran-Solvent." IN 15 DAYS Application to the Entire Urethral Traot. and Poiltlv Application to the Entire Urethral Traot. DiicnveroJ l7 thu Crii mlit t'alirlon. It qulfklj intfr- Mtf.l the rf M ?flnllt inrt l'liTilfUn, Krilmsn. who i)Melod It anil rroellmil that marfrloiin action In Ctatliral Allaifntt which deetrinM the world. A( n01m()u, ,,,. i,r. t- j (;,rtw ouKtrlrnxl Wftrn Cuntlnsnt for llio fit JaniM AMociatlnn. virtue In tho tnfthod ot application in Ita ilirect and ponitlro action. No Tile, .1 rattle unm to ruin ma ininacn anil 'ii rtlv apti-m Tho I'rayona aro liiertd npou retiring at nleht, (miring h the heat and pecretlona of the liody In three hoiira, .lilrli l aulllcient time to peneirme and iliKoIra Stricture, tuor diilthlr medicating the Prostate Gland, redilHnc enlanament and lyintracllns the Femlnal EJacolatnrT llucli. lurrrri- Hipp'" Dralna nnd i:tnlaalona, riirin "(ill. you ilrep without pain or Inconvenience. The aliciathe and anil, .eptle action of "(iran-Soltent" ert It.alf In iteMrnylriK (ionocned and the ernn that Infe.t the llladder and t'roatato Olniid. Purine the fvit tear weak, trlcturrd, watting wreck, hare heen rnred 19.M men hum again to Begin life anew with ,,iri,lll nun nm ,1111.1 i'riuirui.ii- the Influenco of thla rnrareign aolrent fttietiim la diilodged in IS doya, so matter how old, tough or calloused It hat Iiecome. From lima Imaieniorlal, cutting and dilating hare filled up the hrntal, f milieu record of treatment In Stricture, and yet there ha. nevor heen one cure by inch earage method. The eagerne.a with which medical men are applying for till, tolrent It an open confet- Ion of their errar In the pait. Hver hOO lenrtlnir pliyelrlana Id the United fctatei and t'aoada have ahondened tb knife and are employing Uran-Soltont in their rraetlce aa a hnmaue and onfall, ing agent. Varicocele. Varicocele la an accumulation of tlugjtlOi blood In the v.lne cf tho Scrotum, due tolelr to Imperfect circulation and hat It. origin In ft dlieated and torpid Prottate tiland, Operation. In thla dl-eace are only temporary, avid no mechonlcal device yet ill.covered hat curad a tingle caia Rettore the l'rotuto, rciloro h'althy circula tion, Varlcocelo dliappeara and tho ilugsiih accumulation I. ie placed hy pure, healthy, red blood. ' GltAU'dOItTKnT ! SOT a i.iqriai.- tl It prryarea and ao narrow at to rait the clotctt t stricture. cem taint rthe sf!x ent (. ' -n J nn. SUIT THE PATIENT'S CqNPntON. art in ana mp into foiuion vimoui i-r wtii.,i, FREE! like tired dogs, while, wilting under the biiltry heat, I was fast losing my energy. Wo made but a mile an hour. Thl,i was slow. Hut worn' to como, for across our path, ono day, not long before, had trav eled an ntifjry hurrlrait. Twlste.l nnd gnarled, the trees were plied up In Irvtsr mlngled confusion. To go around this blow down might, ho possible, but 1 would not undertake it, nnd therefore ordered the party to rest. Down they sat In truo Rlhl.i plan style, their hands clapped around their knees. I sot tho men nt work cutting a path. S'ometlmes there would bo n place whero it was posslblo to travel nnd this helped m out. About I o'clock lu tho afternoon wo passed tho last windfall and agnln had plain swnmp. This was hnd nt best, and It was sunset when wo nrrlved nt tho edge of thn timber, whero wo were to meet Wesnor. From hero tho growth was open, no under brush to obstruct, and nt 8 o'clock tho whole party wero within n fow rds of tho ap pointed place. Directing tho people to lay low nnd keep quiet, I stolo noiselessly to ward the edge nf the timber. Wesnor was thero nnxlotis nnd waiting. Ho had throo horses with him ns ho hnd proposed. "How Is It?" ho naked. I answered him: "AH right." "Good " Our next stago would bo throo mllea across nn open pralrlo to another bolt ol timber; beyond this timber was u canebraka that promised concealment. Within Its friendly shelter wo propesed to rest a day or two. At 10 o'clock wo wero again on thn move, Hiu night, as Obed expressed It, was "dark as n nest of black cuts," but about midnight wo reached the timber, crossed It nnd wre safely hidden 111 the brake. There woro no Inhabitants In very rloso prrxlmlty to t ha place, yet I thought best to bo cautious. We wero now twenty-ftvo miles from our rendezvous. From hero wo proposed to make straight ncros-s tho country, on a beollne. for tho Sabine, Hwervlng from n direct Hun only as tho conformation of tho country obliged us, or to nvold tho scattering settle ments. As beforo montlonod Wrsner and myself, on our return from thn Sablno, camo this routo and selected our camping placo. Wo slopped In this brnko until tho next night, then moved on, traveling by night, leaving In this manner somo Hcvtyity-nva miles behind us. This brought us to the big pralrlo, which wo wero obliged to crons by daylight. Hero was tho only chanco for trnublo on thn routo. (To bo Continued.) I'utal mistakes aro mado by thosn who do not hopil tho earlier symptoms of klduoy or bladder trouble that often end lu Ilrlnht'a dlscat.0 or dlahoWn. When Foley's Kidney Curo mnkes tho kidneys wtdl, how foolish It Is to delay. Myors-Dlllon Drug Co., Omaha; Dillon's Drug Store, South Omaluu